GACDL, Suesan Miller & Marcia Shein

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State Bar of Georgia in Atlanta

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GACDL P.O. BOX 29653 Atlanta, GA 30359

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___ $350 I am a regular, contributing, substantial, associate, or life (since 2005) member and I need CLE___$280 Same and I do not need CLE

___$0 I am a life member prior to 2005, or a sustaining member and do not need CLE ___$70 Same and I need CLE

___ $266 I am a full-time federal, state, or county employed public defender in the _______________ Circuit and I need the CLE. Every attorney in our circuit is a 2014 GACDL member. ___$196 Same, but I do not need CLE. (Note: If all PDs in circuit are not members, please pay the regular member rate if you are a member or pay the non-member rate if you are a non-member. PD rates apply to full-time government employed PDs only.)

___ $650 I am not a member of GACDL

In addition to the seminar fees, I also need to pay my 2015 dues___$170 regular dues ___$115 PD dues

___I will attend the telecast in Savannah

Please log in as a member at www.gacdl.org to register online (log in directions under “help”) or return payment with this form. If you register online and do not complete the payment process you

will be billed. Please do not send cash. No CLE will be authorized without this form, proper payment, and seminar check in. Materials

will be emailed after office hours on January 28. 10 CLE Hours (applied for) 1 professionalism hour, 1 ethics hour, 6 trial practice hours. No

cancellations after December 29, 2014. The GACDL office is closed the day before seminars . Questions? Call 404-248-1777

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MAGIC!January 30 & 31, 2015

Friday 30 January 201511:30 AM Check in and Late Registration

(walk-ins, space permitting, please add $20)

12:55-1:00pm Welcome GACDL President Sam Dennis and Program Directors Suesan Miller and Marcia Shein

1:00-2:00 Presto Chango! Professionalism Chris Chapman

2:00-3:00 Abracadabra! Demystifying the Gang Case Walter Marchant

3:00-3:15 Strike Force Awards Colette Resnik Steel

3:15-3:30 BREAK courtesy of Atlanta Custom Tailors

3:30-4:30 Making Magic Happen with Convictions: Ethics, Egos and Ineffectiveness Claims Abbi Taylor

4:30-5:30 Making Stress Disappear Brett Willis

5:30-5:45 GACDL Membership Meeting President Sam Dennis

5:45-6:00 Terry Jackson Award Linda Sheffield

6:00-8:00 Cocktail Party: sponsor to be announced

Saturday 31 January 20158:55-9:00am Welcome GACDL President Sam Dennis,

Susean Miller, Marcia Shein

9:00-10:00 NOT Slight of Hand: Legal Writing Elizabeth Brandenburg

10:00-11:00 Sawing the Case in Half: DUI Holly Veal

11:00-11:15 2014 Indigent Defense Award Nicki Vaughan

11:15-11:30 BREAK: sponsor to be announced

11:30-12:30 Reaching Into Your Bag of Tricks: Finding Resources for Indigent Clients Angie Coggins and LaToya Bell

12:30-1:30 LUNCH courtesy of GACDL (Board of Directors Meeting)

1:30-2:30 Getting Your Client a Ticket to the Magic of Accountability Courts Judge Brian Amero (Drug and Parental Responsibility Court), Judge Linda Cowen (DUI Court), Judge Deal (Mental Health Court), Judge William Fears (Drug Court)

2:30-3:30 Speaker and topic TBA

3:30-4:30 Pulling a Dog Out of a Hat: Dog Searches and Drug Stops: Mike Friedman

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Clockwise: Abbi Taylor, Angie Coggins, Holly Veal, Brett Willis, Elizabeth Brandenburg and Walter Marchant

Elizabeth Brandenburg (Decatur) is partner at the Law Firm of Shein and Brandenburg. She specializes in State and Federal appellate and post-conviction work, having successfully represented clients in Georgia in motions for new trial, appeal, and habeas, as well as the Fourth, Sixth, and Eleventh Federal Circuits. She serves GACDL as the Amicus Curiae Committee chairperson, and has authored briefs on GACDL’s behalf, including Hipp v. State, in which the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s grant of post-trial immunity. Elizabeth is an adjunct professor of advanced legal writing with Mercer Law School’s Advanced Legal Writing Certificate Program.

Angie Coggins (Perry) has been with the Houston County Public Defender’s Office since her third year in law school. Angie’s entire legal career has been centered on competently, effectively, zealously, and compassionately representing those who cannot afford to hire a lawyer. She never gives up - just ask the judges and the D.A.’s in her circuit. Angie is extremely proud to be involved with GACDL , and is honored that she is currently serving as Parliamentarian for such a remarkable group. Angie has presented at several GACDL seminars, served as an adjunct professor at Mercer Law School, is on the faculty at the National Criminal Defense College and loves teaching at GACDL’s Bill Daniel Trial Advocacy Program.

Walter (Wally) Marchant (Atlanta) is considered a subject matter expert in the area of search and seizure, criminal procedure, and criminal street gang investigations in Georgia. He was appointed the supervisor of the Legal Training Section at the Georgia Police Academy. Later, Wally was assigned oversight of the day to day operation of the Terrorism Training Section. As primary legal instructor, he coordinated and taught in over nine legal and law enforcement training courses (over 1000 law enforcement students each academic year.) For over 15 years Wally has been the Georgia Gang Investigator’s Association’s Education Adviser. While employed by the Georgia Police Academy, he co-developed and implemented the first 40 hour Gang Investigator’s Course in the state of Georgia and was the primary gang instructor and course coordinator.

Holly Veal (McDonough) is currently a partner with Veal & Lamar, LLC. Her practice is devoted primarily to criminal defense. Holly has been a public defender, prosecutor and a private attorney in her 10 years of practice. She serves on the Formal Advisory Opinion Board at the State Bar of Georgia and is GACDL’s representative to the State Bar (2014, 2015). Holly is a Vice President of the GACDL. She was named one of the top 40 criminal defense lawyers under 40 by the American Society of Legal Advocates.

Brett Willis (Gainesville) became a lawyer in order to become a public defender, and he has been successfully handling felony cases for the Hall County Public Defender since that office opened in 2005. He is a member of the inaugural class of the Honors Program, the precursor to Gideon’s Promise. At present, Brett serves as an instructor for the National Criminal Defense College, the Bill Daniel Trial Program, Gideon’s Promise, and the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council. He is the author of Georgia's only practice guide on defending against the charge of failure to register as a sexual offender. In 2010, Brett was selected as one of ten Georgia lawyers under forty “On the Rise” in a review by The Fulton County Daily Report.

GACDL will have its annual Spring Seminar at the Sea Palms Resort

on Saint Simons Island this April 30-May 2, 2015.

PLEASE JOIN US!

Elizabeth Brandenburg (Decatur) is partner at the Law Firm of Shein and Brandenburg. She specializes in State and Federal appellate and post-conviction work, having successfully represented clients in Georgia in motions for new trial, appeal, and habeas, as well as the Fourth, Sixth, and Eleventh Federal Circuits. She serves GACDL as the Amicus Curiae Committee chairperson, and has authored briefs on GACDL’s behalf, including Hipp v. State, in which the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s grant of post-trial immunity. Elizabeth is an adjunct professor of advanced legal writing with Mercer Law School’s Advanced Legal Writing Certificate Program.

Angie Coggins (Perry) has been with the Houston County Public Defender’s Office since her third year in law school. Angie’s entire legal career has been centered on competently, effectively, zealously, and compassionately representing those who cannot afford to hire a lawyer. She never gives up - just ask the judges and the D.A.’s in her circuit. Angie is extremely proud to be involved with GACDL , and is honored that she is currently serving as Parliamentarian for such a remarkable group. Angie has presented at several GACDL seminars, served as an adjunct professor at Mercer Law School, is on the faculty at the National Criminal Defense College and loves teaching at GACDL’s Bill Daniel Trial Advocacy Program.

Walter (Wally) Marchant (Atlanta) is considered a subject matter expert in the area of search and seizure, criminal procedure, and criminal street gang investigations in Georgia. He was appointed the supervisor of the Legal Training Section at the Georgia Police Academy. Later, Wally was assigned oversight of the day to day operation of the Terrorism Training Section. As primary legal instructor, he coordinated and taught in over nine legal and law enforcement training courses (over 1000 law enforcement students each academic year.) For over 15 years Wally has been the Georgia Gang Investigator’s Association’s Education Adviser. While employed by the Georgia Police Academy, he co-developed and implemented the first 40 hour Gang Investigator’s Course in the state of Georgia and was the primary gang instructor and course coordinator.

Holly Veal (McDonough) is currently a partner with Veal & Lamar, LLC. Her practice is devoted primarily to criminal defense. Holly has been a public defender, prosecutor and a private attorney in her 10 years of practice. She serves on the Formal Advisory Opinion Board at the State Bar of Georgia and is GACDL’s representative to the State Bar (2014, 2015). Holly is a Vice President of the GACDL. She was named one of the top 40 criminal defense lawyers under 40 by the American Society of Legal Advocates.

Brett Willis (Gainesville) became a lawyer in order to become a public defender, and he has been successfully handling felony cases for the Hall County Public Defender since that office opened in 2005. He is a member of the inaugural class of the Honors Program, the precursor to Gideon’s Promise. At present, Brett serves as an instructor for the National Criminal Defense College, the Bill Daniel Trial Program, Gideon’s Promise, and the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council. He is the author of Georgia's only practice guide on defending against the charge of failure to register as a sexual offender. In 2010, Brett was selected as one of ten Georgia lawyers under forty “On the Rise” in a review by The Fulton County Daily Report.